New Year and New Beginnings

Well here I am; back in the blogosphere.  That was quite a sabbatical wasn't it?  I've been wanting to come back, but I always found one reason or another to put it off.  Much like a lot of things in my life.  But no more...I'm ready to move on.

So first on the agenda is to tell you all what's new in my life.
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Absolutely nothing.  Sad, no? So much time and so little news.  We did move, as many of you know.  Mike got laid off (Oh wait, that's news isn't it?!) last year and we had to give up the house.  It was sad.  I really loved that house and put a lot of myself into it, but it was the best thing that could have happened to us/for us at the time. On many levels.
So now we have a quaint two bedroom apartment in which the second bedroom is my office, which I use for my transcribing business.  That's taken off fairly well (Shoot, that's more news isn't it?!) and while on the one hand I rail at the Gods for spending the money on schooling I'll never use, on the other hand if I hadn't gone to school I'd never have even thought of going down the transcribing road, having never given it an inkling of interest, and therefore would not be doing as well as I am now.  So, chalk that up to another of life's lessons.
Mike has gotten into working on his contractors license so he can take over the HVAC business of a friend (Holy moly, more news. I suck at this) when he retires next year.  That business is very "sound" , which is great and that means we'll both be self-employed next year.  I'm so proud of him for doing it.  And also...who knew he was that smart?!?!?!  Seriously!  There are times when he rambles on about his work and my eyes gloss over (not gonna lie), but there are times as well when I hear him on the phone talking to a client and it amazes me how good he is at what he does.  That's probably crappy to say out loud, but I GAVE HIM PROPS TOO DAMMIT!!!!
He's still not really good with the business side of business, i.e money and collections, but I'll be happy to go all Tony Soprano on someone's ass if necessary.
Still in the market for a new best friend.  I'll be taking applications through the end of January.
Planning another trip to the big hair state this spring.  Cannot wait to see Jill, Niki and whoever else I can visit while there.  Really looking forward to that.
And lastly, planning on making sure I think about ME this year.  No more of this "Make sure everybody else has everything their little hearts desire, even if it means bending over backward so far I can kiss my own ass"; this time it's all about me.
I deserve at least that.

Can't wait to catch up on all your blogs.  I've really missed this sort of "sisterhood" we have.
Stay tuned and I'll catch ya on the flip side!!!

Happy New Year to you ALL!!!!!